Lincoln for president

an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming

Lincoln for president
Bruce Chadwick, Bruce Chadwick
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April 16, 2010 | History

Lincoln for president

an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming

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Table of Contents

Lincoln enters the ring
A politician of unwavering ambition
The relentless little giant
The democrats split in two
A great orator is born
The underdog rail splitter versus the firebrand senator
One last night to win the nomination
The birth of the seceders?
The presidential campaign of 1860
Will the House of Representatives elect the president?
A great orator dares not speak
Lincoln, the letter writer
The wide awakes
Disdain for the secessionists
The keys to victory
Breck and Bell and give 'em hell
The Douglas campaign
The polls never lied
Down to the wire
All roads lead to New York
The eleventh hour
"Mary, Mary, we have been elected president"
The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Naperville, IL
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7092
Library of Congress
E457 .C437 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23398032M
ISBN 10
1402225040
ISBN 13
9781402225048
LCCN
2009023197
OCLC/WorldCat
318874902
Library Thing
9058455
Goodreads
6684335

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